# E-Mails only for watched categories?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mails-only-for-watched-categories/129681>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 27, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mails-only-for-watched-categories/129681 "2019-09-27T16:29:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![DDo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ddo/32/142669_2.png) [@DDo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DDo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mails-only-for-watched-categories/129681/1 "2019-09-27T16:29:29Z")

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Have searched but didn’t find…

What do I have to set if I want the users of a certain group get an E-Mail Notification when a new Topic / Reply is posted in a certain category - but not for all else categories?

Managed to get a notification to the group users by setting them to watch the category and enable the mailing list mode.  
But when there is a new posting in another category, a mail is sent too. How do I deactivate that?

I want that a special group is informed of new postings in a certain group initially and can then have the opportunity to set other categories to watched. But they must be left alone with all else (They can read that upon a visit to the page).

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